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whole tone: noun
whole-tone ˈscale: noun

whole tone N

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whole tone MUS

Ganzton m

whole-tone ˈscale N

whole-tone scale

Ganztonleiter f

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half/whole tone

Halb-/Ganzton m

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A neutral third can be formed by stacking a neutral second together with a whole tone. en.wikipedia.org

An example of such an interval is the ratio 8:7, or 231.17 cents, the septimal whole tone and the inverse of the subminor seventh. en.wikipedia.org

In miracle, a minor third plus a septimal whole tone is also equated with the 11th harmonic. en.wikipedia.org

It will raise the whole tone of the war. en.wikipedia.org

To the right, the first scale is a whole tone scale, while the second and third scales are diatonic scales. en.wikipedia.org

An octave species was then built upon two of these tetrachords separated by a whole tone. en.wikipedia.org

Each note within a group is separated by a whole tone, and each group is separated by a semitone. en.wikipedia.org

If the interval was a minor third, about one whole tone from the bottom, genus chromatic. en.wikipedia.org

For this reason, the whole tone scale is also maximally even and may be considered a generated collection. en.wikipedia.org

Since they are symmetrical, whole tone scales do not give a strong impression of the tonic or tonality. en.wikipedia.org

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